The new Everton boss is ready to throw his hat into the ring for the Gabonese goal machine, with Dortmund ready to sell the striker when the January transfer window opens.

Big Sam sees Aubameyang filling the gap left in the Blues' side by Romelu Lukaku, last season's top-scorer, who moved to Manchester United in July for an initial £75m and then was not adequately replaced.

Aubameyang seems to have worn out his welcome at Dortmund despite all those goals (Image: Reuters)

Everton failed to replace the goals and pace of Lukaku after his move to Old Trafford (Image: Liverpool Echo)

The 28-year-old has an outstanding scoring record in Germany's Bundesliga — this season alone, he has netted 19 times in 20 games in all competitions — and over the last six seasons, the first two at France's St Etienne, he has scored 114 league goals.

The Premier League’s biggest clubs all now have high-class frontmen leading the line, after having their interest in Aubameyang rebuffed.

But the player is up for a move to the Premier League.

While Everton are not in the Champions League, they do have the finance to make what would be a club-record deal happen.

Koeman was fired after just nine games having spent big in the summer on the likes of £45m club-record buy Gylfi Sigurdsson (Image: Everton FC/Getty)

New boss Allardyce wants the club's next signing to be a big statement of intent (Image: PA Wire)

They have arrested their poor start to the season under Ronald Koeman — who spent over £100m on new players in the summer — and caretaker boss David Unsworth, winning their last two in the Premier League and scoring six goals in the process.

They have replaced neither the goals or pace of the prolific Lukaku, however, and are in desperate need of more firepower up front.

Since taking the reins last week, Big Sam has insisted the next player signed by the club will be one that provides a real statement of intent about the direction the Blues’ ambition.

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He said: “Every club is different and it’s about getting the right players and making sure when the next player we get in is critical for me.

“The next player we get in is Sam Allardyce’s. With all the support of the board and the back-up of the recruitment, I’m not going to go, ‘I want that player. I’ve seen him once and I want that player’.

“I’m not like that. I’m not going to do that.

“I’m saying, ‘I want this player. This backs it up with the recruitment arm of the football club, along with the stats we accumulate.’

“The technical stats and physical stats we get now through a lot of companies give you this broad base-performance of these players anyway. And that helps you make the right decision.

“And that first player has to have a real impact at Everton Football Club to prove to everybody that we are going in the right direction with recruitment.”